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Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · 36 stories · Issue No. 535

AI

6 stories
Bloomberg · Donald Trump

Trump Opposes AI Guardrails Amid Chip Selloff

Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts break down how President Donald Trump's rejection of artificial intelligence safety guardrails coincides with a sharp selloff across semiconductor stocks. They also examine the regulatory…

2 min
Elon Musk · Sam Altman

ANZ CEO Flags of AI Risks and Job Cuts After Musk, Altman Alert

ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Nuno Matos warned about unpredictable risks linked to artificial intelligence and declined to rule out large-scale job cuts at the bank as it adopts the quickly evolving technology.

2 min
Donald Trump · Pentagon

Trump’s AI Defense Defies Voter Unease Heading Into Midterms

President Donald Trump’s opposition to guardrails on artificial intelligence puts him at odds with a growing number of lawmakers from both parties, with AI safety fears adding to voters’ misgivings about the technology heading into the….

2 min
Business

Markets Weigh AI Slowdown & Guardrails: Marc Franklin

Manulife Investment Management Head of Multi-Asset Solutions Marc Franklin argues that the recent AI stock pullback reflects debates surrounding regulatory guardrails and development pace rather than structural growth damage. He stresses…

2 min
  1. BlackRock Raises EM Equities Back to Overweight on AI, EarningsBloomberg

Tech

2 stories
Jensen Huang · Nvidia

Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and indicated off something else, too

Jensen Huang made headlines Monday at the All-In conference in L.A. for what he said. Taking a live call from President Trump on stage, Huang, dressed in his now-signature alligator leather jacket, was handed Apple’s new foldable phone to answer it, a device that isn’t due to hit stores for another five weeks.

2 min

Business

4 stories
Business

Valve has been clear for years that 1) a Steam Deck 2 will indeed happen

“The Verge also don’t want more performance to come at a significant cost to power efficiency and battery life,” Griffais told me in 2023, saying he wanted to see a “leap” instead — but suggesting that leap might not be physically possible for another couple of years.

2 min

Finance

2 stories
New York

Have I dropped it all

“I invested on the recommendation of an executive vice president of a major New York investment bank.”

2 min

Politics

10 stories
Supreme Court · Donald Trump

Supreme Court strikes down USPS mail-in voting rule

The Supreme Court struck down the U.S. Postal Service's rule restructuring mail-in voting Monday, halting a major Trump administration priority.

2 min
US Senate · Republicans

Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after 3-month health absence

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol on ⁠Monday after a three-month absence spent recuperating from a fall ⁠in his Washington home that had raised questions about his fitness to serve in Congress.

2 min
  1. Topic · 2 stories China
  2. Iceland’s whaling ban plan threatens to leave Japan alone in defending industrySouth China Morning Post Tech
  3. US Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for midtermsSouth China Morning Post Tech

World

3 stories
Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s next policy address is just around the corner

Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu’s coming policy address will introduce measures to remove hurdles for businesses setting up shop in the Northern Metropolis and include proactive initiatives to strengthen innovation hubs, research efforts and tech applications, the South China Morning Post has learned.

2 min

Crypto

9 stories
  1. Ethereum builders face a choice between locking up too much cash or relying on trusted brokersCryptoSlate
  2. 21Shares Rolls out XRP Case Around Utility, ETFs, and Addressed SupplyBitcoin.com News
  3. Solana activates Transaction V1 on mainnet, boosting transaction size 3.3xCrypto Briefing
  4. Privacy Coins Outrun Bitcoin as Market Rotates Into Zcash and MoneroBitcoin.com News

AI

37 stories
Sam Altman · OpenAI

The second, Altman warned, is that power could become concentrated in one person or company

“Avoiding these two threats requires walking a narrow middle path; for example, one country could gain too much power,” he wrote. In a separate post, Altman said American AI companies must give the public confidence that they will develop increasingly capable systems responsibly as progress accelerates.

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  1. Same story · 3 sources Apple · iOS
  2. Same story · 3 sources Sam Altman · Anthropic · OpenAI
  3. Same story · 2 sources Google
  4. Same story · 2 sources Jensen Huang · Nvidia
  5. Same story · 3 sources Dario Amodei · Anthropic
  6. Topic · 6 stories Anthropic
  7. Topic · 2 stories Hugging Face
  8. Topic · 2 stories Iphone
  9. Topic · 2 stories NVIDIA
  10. Perplexity Portable Computer Is Now Available on Windows, Powered by NVIDIA RTXNVIDIA Blog
  11. Trump’s Team Confirms It’s on ThemWired
  12. CrowdStrike CEO on Anthropic’s AI safety warning: ‘The genie’s out of the bottle’CNBC Technology

Tech

2 stories
China · Xi Jinping

Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots

China leads the world in churning out humanoid robots and four-legged robot dogs that also happen to be the most affordable on the market—and Unitree Robotics’ founder Wang Xingxing is arguably one of the people most responsible for that Chinese lead.

2 min

Business

1 story

Finance

3 stories

Politics

1 story

World

2 stories

Crypto

18 stories
Donald Trump · CLARITY Act

Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., pushed for fellow lawmakers to advance the bill

"The Clarity Act is right in front of us and this moment won’t come along again for years," Lummis said in a post on X. This past year, the Senate has been trying to advance its version of the Clarity Act, which would regulate the crypto industry for the first time comprehensively at the federal level, giving the…

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Donald Trump · CLARITY Act

The letter, sent to Senate Banking Committee Republican Chair Tim Scott and top Democrat Elizabeth Warren

Among the changes, the latest version gives state attorneys general a role in enforcing conflict-of-interest rules for public officials. This had become a major sticking point among some Democrats given President Donald Trump's vast crypto wealth, which has grown to hundreds of millions of dollars linked to World…

2 min
Also covering:CoinDeskCointelegraph
  1. White House crypto adviser confirms Trump gave up 'historic' ethics powers in compromiseCoinDesk
  2. Robinhood gears up share redemptions, voting rights for stock tokens, after criticismCoinDesk
  3. Circle’s Arc launch ties Wall Street firms to the network without making them its safety netCryptoSlate
  4. Bitmine Debuts $68 Million in Ethereum as Holdings Near 6 Million ETHDecrypt
  5. BlackRock ETF clients sell $19 million worth of Bitcoin as spot funds see broader redemptionsCrypto Briefing

AI

37 stories
OpenAI · Sam Altman

You can also join the group conversation on Telegram

See ya’ll next week! Tokenized equities lead RWA inflows as the market recovers; Binance's bStocks hit ~$118.5M in two months, now #2 issuer and ~90% of on-chain equity DEX volume.

2 min
AI Agent · Coinbase

New Research Confirms Not Really

Most payment volume on Coinbase’s x402 protocol isn’t coming from AI agents, according to blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs.

2 min
Also covering:Wired
  1. Same story · 2 sources Asked by a reporter if the industry should slow down or be regulated
  2. Same story · 2 sources DeepSeek · China
  3. Same story · 2 sources Dario Amodei · Anthropic · OpenAI
  4. Same story · 2 sources Sam Altman · Anthropic · OpenAI
  5. Same story · 2 sources In response, Obama confirmed that once Democrats regain the House majority
  6. Same story · 2 sources Dario Amodei · Anthropic
  7. Topic · 8 stories Anthropic
  8. Topic · 2 stories AI Agent
  9. It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit CardThe Atlantic Technology
  10. Johnson calls for AI solutions but confirms Congress won't take the leadAxios
  11. Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plansTom's Hardware
  12. Bitcoin’s slide below $77,000 sets up a Monday tech test as AI leaders sound warningCryptoSlate
  13. Meanwhile, attackers are also applying AI to reverse-engineer addresses and catch exploits within hoursThe Register
  14. Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreactingThe Verge
  15. Xi confirms China will take lead to foster AI, tech cooperation among BRICS countriesCNBC Technology
  16. How to tap GPT-6 Astra when it launches to youEngadget
  17. AI's potential role is drawing more attentionCNBC Technology

Tech

6 stories
Tech

Recurrent Looped Transformer

Known tokens can be encoded in a causal batch. Forward consistency and complete gradients are separate requirements.

2 min
Open Source · GitHub

Intel revives One Mono font after brief retirement during open-source purge

Intel has reversed its decision to shelve its open-source font project designed specifically with developers in mind. The font’s GitHub repository was archived earlier this week, only for the company to reportedly restore the project and potentially continue to maintain it.

2 min

Business

8 stories
Pentagon · U.S.

Missile crisis: The hard truths about America's military arsenal

On the floor at Lockheed Martin's production facility in Camden, Arkansas, Tim Cahill, head of the company's missile division, showed "Sunday Morning" the latest model of the Patriot air defense missile, a state-of-the-art weapon designed to shoot down the deadliest of threats: an incoming ballistic missile.

2 min
  1. While the news release stated that no additional information about the case would be providedArs Technica
  2. There is one significant stumbling block: installing Panel Profiles does not install the Xfce components its layouts requireThe Register
  3. AZZA PSAZ-750G ATX 3.1 power supply review: An adequate budget 750W unitTom's Hardware

Finance

3 stories

Politics

4 stories
Donald Trump · United Kingdom

Why Trump's united Ireland stance hit such a nerve

President Trump stood by his support for a united Ireland on Sunday after his remarks during a two-day visit sparked a backlash from unionist and British politicians and praise from Irish nationalists.

2 min

Economy

1 story
Donald Trump · Republicans

Trump debuted in May that he was lifting certain tariffs on U.K. whiskey

Trump’s apparent surprise announcement at the conclusion of the tournament was met with loud whistling and cheers from the crowd of spectators. In May, the Irish Whiskey Association called for the tariffs to be removed, arguing that such a step would help many U.S. companies with Irish products in their portfolios and…

2 min

World

3 stories
Saudi Arabia · Iran

Iran affirms peace with Saudi Arabia amid regional tensions

That may impact regional diplomatic dynamics, Iranian official Masoud Pezeshkian declared that Iran is not at war with Saudi Arabia. This announcement comes amid ongoing efforts to maintain and strengthen the détente between the two nations since their diplomatic relations were restored in 2023.

2 min

Crypto

8 stories
White House · Donald Trump

The more time that goes by, the lower the odds of a crypto law emerging

"CoinDesk is optimistic heading into Tuesday’s vote and deeply grateful to the senators in both parties who have stayed at the table and worked through difficult issues in good faith," Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger said .

2 min
  1. Trump’s $5,000 Stimulus Could Send Bitcoin Higher, Pompliano ConfirmsBitcoin.com News
  2. Audited DeFi protocols shed $885 million to attacks that occurred completely outside their audit scopesCryptoSlate
  3. The proposed rules would also block all third-party wallet transfers and tie limits to verified incomeCrypto Briefing

AI

47 stories
Sam Altman · Anthropic

The public offering of stock for artificial intelligence giant OpenAI appears to be delayed until at least 2027

“I think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and CoinDesk don’t feel pressure on that,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Fortune. “CoinDesk got a lot of stuff to do, like meeting this moment of what is going to be required for safety and alignment, and how the industry…

2 min
  1. Same story · 6 sources Sam Altman · OpenAI
  2. Same story · 2 sources Dario Amodei
  3. Same story · 2 sources Anthropic · Claude
  4. Same story · 5 sources Oracle
  5. Topic · 6 stories OpenAI
  6. Topic · 3 stories Anthropic
  7. Topic · 2 stories Hugging Face
  8. Tesla rolls out largest grid battery in US at xAI’s Memphis siteCrypto Briefing
  9. Users can approve specific carts or authorize purchases under conditions set in advanceCryptoSlate
  10. The White House, Congress and the country's leading AI companies have allowed AI to grow faster, strongerAxios
  11. The Trump administration is sacrificing Americans’ health to build data centers, former EPA officials warnThe Verge

Tech

6 stories
Nvidia · DOJ

It’s hard to argue that Nvidia didn’t strip the firm for parts

Despite this, Nvidia contends the deal is a great American success story. “The Groq story is a prime example of the American system working as designed to promote innovation, reward entrepreneurs, and benefit consumers.

2 min
Amazon · Databricks

Pandas Should Go Extinct

This post covers material from a talk I gave at Latency Conference.

2 min
  1. Both the U.S. military and the drone’s manufacturer Anduril quickly moved to downplay the significance of the lossTom's Hardware

Business

2 stories
Claude · Apple

From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere

Editor’s note: After more than a decade, this is the last WIRED Security News This Week. It was a simple way to highlight our own work and the wealth of other great journalism and research published in this realm every week.

2 min

Politics

3 stories

Economy

1 story

World

1 story

Crypto

10 stories
  1. Topic · 2 stories Tokenization
  2. Goldman Sachs Flips to a Rate Hike as Bitcoin’s Price Stalls Under $80,000Bitcoin.com News

AI

25 stories
Anthropic · OpenAI

OpenAI Asks Congress Whether an AI Slowdown Would Be Legal

OpenAI has asked members of Congress whether rival AI companies could legally agree to slow development, as its chief scientist urges the industry to establish shared safety standards.

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Anthropic · Microsoft

OpenAI’s first hire in India, Pragya Mishra, came from Truecaller

OpenAI’s Asia-Pacific director, Kiran Mani, came from India’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate, JioStar, in March. Devanathan’s Meta experience spans consumer platforms, gaming, commerce, business messaging, payments, advertisers, and partnerships.

2 min
  1. Same story · 2 sources iPhone · Apple
  2. Topic · 8 stories Anthropic
  3. Topic · 5 stories OpenAI
  4. Topic · 2 stories Deepseek
  5. Microsoft head of communications Frank Shaw leaving after nearly 30 years of shaping the software giant’s public messagingFortune Technology
  6. Meta Sued Over Teaching Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition SystemsWired
  7. Mike Johnson urged to cancel House recess over AI warningsAxios

Tech

10 stories
Donald Trump · The Information

NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy

NASA has released a document that provides some initial details about the proposed United States Space Academy, and it’s clear that the space agency wants to move quickly in establishing the institution.

2 min
  1. Orbital joins forces with Reflex Aerospace for space data center constellationDatacenter Dynamics
  2. SpaceX signs compute contract valued at $13.3bn annuallyDatacenter Dynamics
  3. El-Sayed accused of racist attack on VP JD Vance, family amid campaign feudCrypto Briefing

Business

6 stories
Apple · Samsung

When fully opened, it could work like any iPad today

But imagine folding it in half and using the top half as a laptop screen, while the bottom is reserved for a touchscreen keyboard with haptic feedback. Or you could use that folded formation to multitask: Play a YouTube video up top, while juggling between Slack and hand-written notes on the bottom half.

2 min
  1. Howard Lutnick, Larry Silverstein, Jim Pierce and Mitt Romney all had last-minute changes of plan that kept them out of theFortune Technology

Finance

3 stories

Politics

4 stories
Saudi Arabia · Axios

9/11 widow blasts Saudi Arabia during annual ceremony

A widow of a 9/11 victim used the annual reading of the names of those killed to plead with the Trump administration about Saudi Arabian officials' alleged ties to the terror attack, which the kingdom has dismissed.

2 min

Economy

3 stories

Crypto

14 stories
Bitcoin · Federal Reserve (FED)

Open interest across crypto futures rose 1.52% to $429.99 billion, with 24-hour trading volume up 2.27% to $877.11 billion

Bitcoin opened Friday at $76,529 and briefly dipped toward the day's $76,040 low in the minutes after the CPI print, an initial hawkish reaction before the market reversed hard. Bulls have since taken over, for now, and BTC climbed as high as $79,837 through the session and now trades near $79,007, a 3.24% gain on the…

2 min
Also covering:CoinDesk
Standard Chartered

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser

Julian Sawyer is stepping down as CEO of Zodia Custody and moving into a strategic-adviser role as the digital-asset custodian prepares to split its operations, according to an internal memo to staff seen by CoinDesk.

2 min
  1. Same story · 2 sources Federal Reserve (FED)
  2. Same story · 3 sources Metaplanet · 41%
  3. ‘DeFi’s federal bank’: Standard Chartered sees SKY token rising fivefold by end-2028The Block
  4. The HIMS token is designed to track shares of the teleheath company Hims & HersCointelegraph
  5. US Bank moves USBDC across borders on Stellar, but only inside its own wallsCryptoSlate

AI

47 stories
  1. Same story · 2 sources Select Claude models are also available in Microsoft Copilot Studio and Researcher agent
  2. Same story · 3 sources Anthropic · Claude
  3. Same story · 3 sources Apple
  4. Same story · 4 sources Apple
  5. Topic · 11 stories Anthropic
  6. Topic · 6 stories OpenAI
  7. Topic · 3 stories NVIDIA
  8. The diff panel (a diff is a before and after comparison) spots exactly what lines were shipped, removedGitHub Blog
  9. An operationalization of opaque serial depthAlignment Forum
  10. Newsom signs AI safety bills backed by Anthropic, OpenAICrypto Briefing
  11. Metaplanet equity backlash, SE Asia crypto funding doubles: Asia ExpressCointelegraph
  12. OpenAI’s math breakthrough exposes the next weak link in crypto securityCryptoSlate
  13. China open to AI talks with US, signals of retaliation over restrictionsCrypto Briefing
  14. Training a 3.8B LLM to 0.384 CORE for $998 – Hugo Vergneshugovergnes.github.io
  15. Universal Music is launching an AI music service with ElevenLabsThe Verge

Tech

1 story

Finance

7 stories

Politics

2 stories
NIST · New York

NIST-Developed Quantum Sensors Improve Nuclear Monitoring

To monitor the amount and type of nuclear material at power plants and weapons facilities, scientists look for a special signal — the unique pattern of gamma rays emitted by specific radioactive elements.

2 min

World

2 stories

Crypto

13 stories
White House · Polymarket

New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky

A new version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity offers tweaks to how the key crypto legislation would address activities by decentralized finance firms and some traditional finance firms engaging in crypto activities, but it isn't expected to represent a final compromise that will win sufficient support from Democrats.

2 min
  1. Same story · 2 sources MoneyGram · Visa · Stablecoin
  2. Nasdaq Pours in $100 million in Kraken Parent Company: ReportBitcoin Magazine
  3. EU finance groups push to remove tokenized securities capCointelegraph
  4. MoneyGram rolls out Visa stablecoin card as remittance rivals expandCointelegraph

AI

32 stories
Nvidia

At the IBC conference, running Sept. 11-14 in Amsterdam, the creative

Read on to learn more about what NVIDIA’s highlighting at the show. Media companies are increasingly integrating AI into live production, sports, news and streaming workflows to unlock richer performance insights, verify video authenticity, and enhance and localize content — all without disrupting trusted broadcast…

2 min
Anthropic · Claude

Anthropic Acquires Stainless

The frontier of AI is shifting from models that answer to agents that act—and agents are only as capable as the systems they can reach.

2 min
  1. Same story · 4 sources Apple
  2. Topic · 10 stories Anthropic
  3. Topic · 2 stories Bytedance
  4. Google picks Finland for its largest single investment in EuropeBBC Technology
  5. OpenAI’s rogue AI agents reached at least 12 more websites, researchers sayFortune Technology
  6. San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse AdsWired
  7. Anthropic researcher confirms more than 10% chance AI "could kill all humans"CBS News Technology
  8. Samsung to help fortify OpenAI's semiconductor supply chainThe Register
  9. Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slopTechCrunch AI

Tech

5 stories
Claude · Anthropic

Acquires Vercept

People are using Claude for increasingly complex work—writing and running code across entire repositories, synthesizing research from dozens of sources, and managing workflows that span multiple tools and teams.

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Claude Code · Claude

Fix the vulnerabilities the scan found

Where the scan identified a vulnerability, Claude Code could often generate a fix, test it, and build it. In cases where a system lacked the automated tests needed to confirm that a patch was safe, Claude wrote the tests first.

2 min

Business

8 stories
Apple · Samsung

Steve Jobs tapped the catchphrase to introduce the original iPhone in 2007

In his 15 years running the company, Tim Cook deployed it only a handful of times, including before his 2014 announcement of the Apple Watch. This is the iPhone Duo, a foldable gadget that opens like a book to reveal a capacious 7.6-inch screen.

2 min
Apple · Wired

The new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 come not with better fitness tracking and upgraded noise reduction

Apple announced on Wednesday that the two smartwatches come with four opt-in “audio intelligence” tools that are powered by audio gathered by the watches’ microphones. Seemingly wary that the features could make it feel like the walls have ears, Apple is emphasizing that all of them are built to prioritize privacy and…

2 min
Also covering:TechCrunch AI

Finance

4 stories
Donald Trump · White House

A White House spokesperson, Kush Desai, said the US administration would raise its concerns with “trading partners

“President Trump has unequivocally warned trading partners against imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion on America’s leading technology sector,” Desai said. The communications minister, Anika Wells, downplayed the statement as “broad” and told News24 she had not directly received any…

2 min

Politics

3 stories

Economy

3 stories

World

1 story

Crypto

12 stories
Tether · Circle

PayPal scales up stablecoin rails with custom token issuance service

Internet commerce giant PayPal PYPL $ 52.20 · Market Closed extended its blockchain-based stablecoin effort to include a custom stablecoin developer platform, dubbed PYUSDx, built with the help of fiat-pegged token specialist M0 and crypto payments firm MoonPay, the companies said on Tuesday.

2 min
Donald Trump · Joe Biden

Hunter Biden detailed the purpose and structure behind his LAPTOP memecoin in a new post on social media platform X

The former U.S. president's son stated that he wants to use LAPTOP as a symbol of "resilience, redemption, and recovery" against political foes and media that weaponized it. Hunter Biden's laptop became one of the biggest political controversies of the 2020 presidential election after he left it at a Delaware repair…

2 min
Also covering:Decrypt
  1. Crypto lobbies launch a last-minute TV campaign against banks to pass the CLARITY ActCryptoSlate
  2. U.S. Bank tests proprietary stablecoin in cross-border Stellar transactionCointelegraph
  3. Crypto, Banks Take Clarity Act Lobbying Fight to Senators' Home StatesDecrypt
  4. Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP airdrops briefly worth over $1 million each before 99% crashThe Block
  5. Consensys splits MetaMask from institutional and Ethereum infrastructure businessesThe Block

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